The stem is equal, stuffed, tough, thickening at the base, brown below and yellow above, quite scaly.
The beautiful appearance of the tufts or clusters in which the Pineapple Pholiotas grow will attract the attention of an ordinarily unobservant beholder. The scales on the cap seem to contract and rise from the surface and sometimes disappear with age. The caps of mushrooms should not ordinarily be peeled before cooking, but it is better to peel this one.
The ring is slight and the specimens represented here were found on a stump in Miss Effie Mace's yard, on Paint Street, Chillicothe.
Pholiota Caperata. Pers.
The Wrinkled Pholiota. Edible.
Plate XXXI. Figure 212.—Pholiota caperata.
Caperata means wrinkled.
The pileus is three to four inches broad, fleshy, varying from a clay to a yellowish color, at first somewhat egg-shaped, then expanded, obtuse, wrinkled at the sides, the entire cap and especially at the center is covered with a white superficial flocci.